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Los Alamos National Lab

US
gov defenseFounded 1943
Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
www.lanl.gov/
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NASA Ames Research Center assisted Redwire and Los Alamos National Laboratory with the November 19, 2025 deployable aeroshell demonstration.

Mentioned as: los alamos national laboratoryNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Deployable Heat Shield Successfully Demonstrated

Redwire and Los Alamos National Laboratory successfully completed a demonstration of a new deployable aeroshell on November 19, 2025.

Mentioned as: los alamos national laboratoryNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Deployable Heat Shield Successfully Demonstrated

Redwire and Los Alamos National Laboratory plan to continue collaborative efforts following the demonstration.

Mentioned as: los alamos national laboratoryNarrative GeneralMar 12, 2026Deployable Heat Shield Successfully Demonstrated

Researchers from the University of Manchester, the University of Nevada Reno, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Ziegler Analytics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen were involved in the project.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralDec 16, 2025Thorium plated steel points to smaller nuclear clocks

UP Aerospace completed its 23rd suborbital space flight at Spaceport America, carrying a Los Alamos National Laboratory payload to an apogee of roughly 72 miles on November 19, 2025.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralNov 19, 2025UP Aerospace carries LANL payloads to suborbital space at Spaceport America

The research on planetary defense was funded by NASA at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and included partnerships with the NNSA at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LaboratoryOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2025Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036

The Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the Swift mission in collaboration with Penn State University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Northrop Grumman Space Systems.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LaboratoryTechnical ProductOct 11, 2025Katalyst Space Technologies estenderà la missione Swift

Teams from Sandia, Los Alamos, and the U.S. Space Force calibrated the system in June.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Teams from Sandia and Los Alamos worked together for 12 years to design and qualify the new IIIF system.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

In 2024, Sandia and Los Alamos delivered the first two flight systems for the IIIF Global Burst Detectors to Lockheed Martin.

Mentioned as: Los AlamosOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory has been key to developing advanced detection systems.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Marc Kippen, program manager for Space Systems and Science at Los Alamos, emphasized the effort required to maintain uninterrupted national security space capability.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

The Global Burst Detection system was developed by Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Over the next decade, Sandia and Los Alamos plan to deliver, integrate, and launch more IIIF Global Burst Detector systems.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

The Global Burst Detection system has endured for more than 60 years at Sandia and Los Alamos Laboratories.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Sandia and Los Alamos design and produce the five subsystems of the Global Burst Detection system.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

Teams of engineers, scientists, and technologists at Sandia and Los Alamos work a decade ahead to develop new complex technologies for space.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Sandia + Los Alamos: Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures

ChemCam is jointly operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie in France.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 5, 20241 million shots for ChemCam on Mars

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory shipped 0.5 kg (a little over 0.4536 kg) of new heat source plutonium oxide to Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LaboratoryOrg RelationshipNov 22, 2023NASA Advances Toward Using Plutonium-238 for Fueling Space Missions

In 2021, Kodeboyina was selected as one of three people in the first cohort of The New Mexico Lab-Embedded Entrepreneur Program (LEEP) at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Mentioned as: Los Alamos National LabNarrative GeneralSep 15, 2023Blue Space founder is among the “20 Under 35” SSPI professionals to be honored by SSPI
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